Genus Haemoproteus Kruse, 1890
- Haemoproteus Kruse, W. 1890. Über Blutparasiten. Virchows Archiv - A: Pathological Anatomy & Histopathology 121: 359-373 [371].
Type species:
Haemoproteus columbae Kruse, 1890 by monotypy.
Introduction
Unidentified species recorded mainly from eastern Australian states.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
IBRA
Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Parasitic (host(s): Acanthogenys rufogularis Gould, 1838 [MELIPHAGIDAE] Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (blood); Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris (Latham, 1801) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Eastern Spinebill (blood); Ailuroedus (Scenopoeetes) dentirostris (Ramsay, 1875) [PTILONORHYNCHIDAE] Tooth-billed Catbird (blood); Ailuroedus melanotis (Gray, 1858) [PTILONORHYNCHIDAE] Spotted Catbird (blood); Alectura lathami Gray, 1831 [MEGAPODIDAE] Australian Brush Turkey (blood); Amphibolurus caudicinctus (Günther, 1875) [AGAMIDAE] Ring-tailed Dragon (blood); Aphelocephala leucopsis (Gould, 1840) [ACANTHIZIDAE] Southern Whiteface (blood); Ardeotis australis (Gray, 1829) [OTIDIDAE] Plain Turkey (= Eupodotis australis; blood); Barnardius semitorquatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) [PLATYCERCIDAE] Twenty-eight Parrot (blood); Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) [CACATUIDAE] Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (blood); Colluricincla boweri (Ramsay, 1885) [MUSCICAPIDAE] Bower’s Shrike-thrush (blood); Colluricincla megarhyncha (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) [MUSCICAPIDAE] Little Shrike-thrush (blood); Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 [COLUMBIDAE] Domestic Pigeon, Feral Pigeon (blood); Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1851 [CORVIDAE] Torresian Crow (blood); Cracticus nigrogularis (Gould, 1837) [CRACTICIDAE] Pied Butcherbird (blood, liver); Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) [ALCEDINIDAE] Kookaburra, Laughing Jackass, Brown Kingfisher (syn. D. gigas; blood); Dicaeum hirundinaceum (Shaw, 1792) [NECTARINIIDAE] Mistletoe Bird (blood); Entomyzon cyanotis (Latham, 1801) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Blue-faced Honeyeater (syn. Entomyza cyanotis; blood); Eopsaltria australis (Shaw, 1790) [MUSCICAPIDAE] Eastern Yellow Robin (blood); Eudynamys cyanocephala Latham, 1801 [CUCULIDAE] Cuckoo (blood); Eudynamys scolopacea (Linnaeus, 1758) [CUCULIDAE] Common Koel (blood); Falco cenchroides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 [FALCONIDAE] Australian Kestrel, Nankeen Kestrel (blood); Gallinula tenebrosa Gould, 1846 [RALLIDAE] Dusky Moorhen (blood); Gerygone albogularis (Gould, 1838) [ACANTHIZIDAE] White-throated Gerygone (blood); Gerygone olivacea (Gould, 1838) [ACANTHIZIDAE] White-throated Gerygone (blood); Grallina picata Latham, 1801 [MONARCHIDAE] Peewit, Peewee, Australian Magpie Lark (syn. G. cyanoleuca; blood); Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1801) [CRACTICIDAE] Australian Magpie, Black-backed Magpie (blood); Heteromyias (Poecilodryas) albispecularis (Salvadori, 1875) [MUSCICAPIDAE] Grey-headed Robin (blood); Lichenostomus frenatus (Ramsay, 1874) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Bridled Honeyeater (blood); Lichenostomus hindwoodi (Longmore & Boles, 1983) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Eungella Honeyeater (blood); Lichenostomus penicillatus (Gould, 1837) [MELIPHAGIDAE] White-plumed Honeyeater (syn. Meliphaga penicillata, M. leilavalensis, Ptilotis penicillatus, Ptilotis leilavalensis; blood); Machaerirhynchus flaviventer Gould, 1851 [MUSCICAPIDAE] Yellow-breated Boatbill (blood); Manorina flavigula (Gould, 1839) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Yellow-throated Miner (syn. Myzantha flavigula; blood); Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Noisy Miner/Minah, Soldier Bird (syn. M. garrula; blood, heart, spleen, skeletal muscle); Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Lewin’s Honeyeater (blood); Melithreptus brevirostris (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Brown-headed Honeyeater (blood); Melithreptus lunatus (Vieillot, 1802) [MELIPHAGIDAE] White-naped Honeyeater (syn. M. atricapillus; blood); Melithreptus validirostris (Gould, 1837) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Strong-billed Honeyeater (blood); Merops ornatus Latham, 1801 [MEROPIDAE] Rainbow Bee-eater (blood); Microeca fascinans (Latham, 1801) [MUSCICAPIDAE] Brown Flycatcher, Jacky Winter (blood); Myiagra rubecula (Latham, 1801) [MUSCICAPIDAE] Leaden Flycatcher (syn. M. nitida; blood); Myzomela obscura (Gould, 1842) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Dusky Honeyeater (blood); Myzomela sanguineolenta (Latham, 1801) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Scarlet Honeyeater, Blood-bird (blood); Ninox boobook Latham, 1801 [STRIGIDAE] Boobook Owl (blood); Oriolus sagittatus (Latham, 1801) [ORIOLIDAE] Olive-backed Oriole (syn. O. sagittarius; blood); Orthonyx spaldingii Ramsay, 1868 [ORTHONYCHIDAE] Chowchilla (blood); Pardalotus melanocephalus (Gould, 1838) [PARDALOTIDAE] Black-headed Pardalote, Chip-chip (blood); Petroica phoenicea Gould, 1837 [MUSCICAPIDAE] Flame Robin (blood); Philemon citreogularis (Gould, 1837) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Little Friarbird (blood); Philemon corniculatus (Latham, 1790) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Noisy Friarbird, Leatherhead (syn. Tropidorhynchus corniculatus; blood, liver); Platycercus adelaidae Gould, 1840 [PSITTACIDAE] Adelaide Rosella (blood); Podargus strigoides (Latham, 1801) [PODARGIDAE] Tawny Frogmouth, Mopoke (blood); Pomatostomus superciliosus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) [POMATOSTOMIDAE] White-browed Babbler (syn. Pomatorhinus superciliosus; blood); Ptilorhynchus violaceus (Vieillot, 1816) [PTILONORHYNCHIDAE] Satin Bowerbird (blood); Sericornis citreogularis Gould, 1838 [ACANTHIZIDAE] Yellow-throated Scrubwren (blood); Sericornis magnirostris (Gould, 1838) [ACANTHIZIDAE] Large-billed Scrubwren (blood); Sphecotheres viridis Vieillot, 1816 [ORIOLIDAE] Figbird (syn. S. maxillaris, Oriolus viridis; blood); Strepera graculina (Shaw, 1790) [CRACTICIDAE] Pied Currawong (blood, heart, skeletal muscle); Threskiornis molucca Cuvier, 1829 [THRESKIORNITHIDAE] White Ibis (blood); Tregellasia capito (Gould, 1851) [MUSCICAPIDAE] Pale-yellow Robin (blood); Xanthotis macleayana (Ramsay, 1875) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Macleay’s Honeyeater (blood); Zoothera dauma (Latham, 1801) [MUSCICAPIDAE] White’s Thrush, Mountain Thrush, Ground Thrush (syn. Oreocichla lunulata, Geocichla lunulata, Zoothera lunulata; blood); Zosterops caerulescens Latham, 1801 [ZOSTEROPIDAE] Silver-eye, Grey-breasted Silver-Eye (syn. Z. lateralis; blood)).
Extra Ecological Information
Unidentified species of Haemoproteus have been found in the listed parasite hosts.
General References
Adlard, R.D., Peirce, M.A. & Lederer, R. 2004. Blood parasites of birds from south-east Queensland. Emu 104: 191-196
Balasubramaniam, S., Mulder, R.A., Sunnucks, P., Pavlova, A., Amos, J.N. & Melville, J. 2013. Prevalence and diversity of avian haematozoa in three species of Australian passerine. Emu 113: 353–358
Beadell, J.S., Gering, E., Austin, J., Dumbacher, J.P., Peirce, M.A., Pratt, T.K., Atkinson, C.T. & Fleischer, R.C. 2004. Prevalence and differential host-specificity of two avian blood parasite genera in the Australo-Papuan region. Molecular Ecology 13: 3829-3844
Clark, N.J., Clegg, S.M. & Lima, M.R. 2014. A review of global diversity in avian haemosporidians (Plasmodium and Haemoproteus: Haemosporida): new insights from molecular data. International Journal for Parasitology [early view online]
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Cleland, J.B. 1922. The parasites of Australian birds. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 46: 85-118
Cleland, J.B. & Johnston, T.H. 1910. The haematozoa of Australian birds. No. 1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 34: 100-114
Cleland, J.B. & Johnston, T.H. 1911. The haematozoa of Australian birds. No. II. Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales 45: 415-444
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Coatney, G.R. 1936. A check-list and host-index of the genus Haemoproteus. Journal of Parasitology 22: 88-104
Hamerton, A.E. 1933. Report on deaths occurring in the Society's Gardens during the year 1932. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1933: 451-482
Hartley, W.J. 1992. Some lethal avian protozoan diseases of native birds in eastern Australia. Tydskrif van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging 63: 90
Hartley, W.J., Reddacliff, G.L., Finnie, E.P. & Turner, D. 1981. Suspected lethal Leucocytozoon infection in the pied currawong (Strepera graculina). pp. 95-97 in Fowler, M.E. Wildlife diseases of the Pacific Basin and other countries. Sydney : Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Wildlife Diseases Associations.
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Johnston, T.H. 1912. Internal parasites recorded from Australian birds. The Emu 12(2): 105-112
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Johnston, T.H. 1916. A census of the endoparasites recorded as occurring in Queensland, arranged under their hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 28: 31-79
Ladds, P. 2009. Pathology of Australian Native Wildlife. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 640 pp.
Lawrence, J. 1946. Some observations on the plasmodia and other blood parasites of sparrows. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 71: 1-5
Mackerras, M.J. & Mackerras, I.M. 1960. The haematozoa of Australian birds. Australian Journal of Zoology 8: 226-260
O'Donoghue, P.J. 1997. Protozoan parasites of wildlife in south-east Queensland. pp. 119-136 in Tribe, A. (ed.). Proceedings of the 1997 Conference of the Australian Association of Veterinary Conservation Biologists. Brisbane : Australian Veterinary Association.
Peirce, M.A., Lederer, R., Adlard, R.D. & O'Donoghue, P.J. 2004. Pathology associated with endogenous development of haematozoa in birds from southeast Queensland. Avian Pathology 33: 445-450
Welsh, D.A. & Priestley, H. 1911. Halteridium in a kukuburra. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology 15: 369-371
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History of changes
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